Women Founders in Indonesia: Own It in Your Own Name

When Ike Farida was refused a Jakarta apartment she had paid for, because she was married to a foreigner with no agreement, she took the case to the Constitutional Court and won. Under Indonesian law a business built during marriage can be joint property. This instalment sets out how a prenuptial or postnuptial agreement lets a woman founder own her shares, her land and her assets in her own name.